ROCK FILE Michelle McCollin ‘pays it forward’ in Nigeria
Dr. Carl McGary, ’83, biology Home: Saint Paul, Minn. I am married to Maureen Lowe, M.D., a pathologist, and have two wonderful daughters, Maggie and Lizzie. The last several years, we have enjoyed Minnesota life with a cabin up north on Pokegama Lake for boating and fishing. Our old, historic home in Saint Paul sits on a nearly two-acre lot allowing a large vegetable garden that keeps me busy. I have also taken up home canning fresh vegetables, something I learned from my mother and father, Nellie and Tom McGary, 1953 SRU graduates. Profession: I am a hospital pathologist for Central Regional Pathology and Health East Hospitals, Cytology and Histology Medical Director Health East. Great accomplishment: Earning a Ph.D., along with my M.D. Hobbies: Fishing, gardening, trombone and baritone in local community bands and more recently learning the tuba. Why I give: To help provide current students with the same opportunity I had for an excellent and affordable education.
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Michelle McCollin, special education professor, knows no limits when it comes to doing good works. She recently traveled to Nigeria to “pay it forward” by delivering 100 prescription eyeglasses and 40 pair of shoes to villages. She lived in a Nigerian village for three weeks and wore local clothing for a religious ceremony. “There are no words in my cache that are inclusive, sufficient and comprehensive enough to define or explain the impact of this mission trip on my life,” she said. McCollin said she shares her photo diary with her SRU students to engage them in thinking globally about the teaching-learning process. “I want them to consider stepping outside of their boundaries and limited paradigms to ‘pay it forward’ by giving back,” she said.
Daugherty vaults to ‘Athlete of Year’ honors Pole vault standout Cameron Daugherty has been named Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Male Field Athlete of the Year. He earned the conference’s top field athlete honor after his stellar performance to close the 2012 season. He has one year of eligibility for The Rock remaining. The highlight of his 2012 season came at the NCAA Division II National Championships, where he cleared 5.15 meters to win the first national championship for the SRU men’s team since 1997. Three weeks before the National Championships, Daugherty claimed the title in the pole vault at the PSAC Championships. It was his second title.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: (From left) SRU exercise science majors Eric Geiselhart, of Monroeville; Ryan Spiardi, a December graduate from Indiana, Pa.; and Colleen Thomas, a May graduate from Hudson, Ohio, won the national “College Bowl” at the American College of Sports Medicine national conference in San Francisco. The College Bowl is a Jeopardy-style competition that tests students’ knowledge in exercise science.